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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,546, dated January 25, 1867.

Application filed October 8, 1886. Serial No. 215,644. (No model.) Patented in Germany November 1 8. 1885, No. 36,284; in France August 25, 1886. No. 165,387; in Belgium August 27, 1886, No. 54,968, and in England September 8, 1886, No. 11,434.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HEINRICH PFANDNER,

- of Augsburg, in the Empire of Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bridle-Bits, (for which Letters Patent have heretofore been granted to me in Germany, dated November 18, 1885,No.36,284; in France, dated August 25,1886, No. 165,387; in Belgium, dated August 27, 1886, No. 54,968, and in England, dated September 8, 1886, No. 11,434,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in bridle-bits, especially of that class provided with means for controlling horses should they become unruly and unmanageable.

The object of my invention is to provide a bit which is provided with an additional crosspiece located in a recess of the ordinary crosspiecc, the additional cross-piece being so located that it can be readily pulled'out and placed in action when the horse becomes unmanageable.

The invention consists of the combination of a cross or mouth piece provided with a groove for receiving an additional cross-piece, the additional cross-piece being held on the ordinary cross-piece by springs, so that it can be easily withdrawn when necessary.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bridle with my improved bit. Fig.2 is a front view of a ridingbridle. Fig. 3 is a side viewv of the same. Fig. 4 is a side view ot'abridle used for driving from a vehicle. Fig. 5 is a modified construction of the same. Fig. 6 is a detail cross-sectional view of part of the same. Fig. 7 is a top view of the additional cross-piece, the same being hinged like a snaffle. Fig. 8 is a face view of the additional cross-piece hinged like a snaffle. Fig. 9 is a rear view of the bit, showing the grooves for receiving the hinged parts of the snaffle shown in Fig. 8.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The cross-piece or mouth-piece a of the bit is fastened in the usual manner to the side bars, 13, which are provided with rings 9, either at the bottom or some distance above the bottom, for attaching the usual reins,h. The crosspiece or mouth-piece a is provided in the rear surface 'with a longitudinal groove for receiving an additional mouth-bar, b, which is approximately semicircular in cross-section and fits snugly in its groove, as shown in Fig. 6. The thickness and height of the additional mouth-bar b are so small that the horse cannot grasp the additional mouth-bar withinits teeth, thus leaving the additional mouth-bar always free to be withdrawn whenever required. Rings 0 are fastened to the ends of the additional mouth-bar, and can be connected by a strap, d, guided by a loop, 6, on the reins h.

For the purpose of holding the additional mouth-bar b in its groove in the cross-bar a, springs or are fastened in the end parts of the cross-bar a and engage in notches or offsets y in the inner surface of the additional mouthbar I) at the ends, so that when the additional mouth-bar is pressed into the groove in the mouth-bar or cross-piece a the springs 00 engage the notches y and hold the additional bar b in place.

If desired, the springs can be shaped as shown at m in Fig. 5, the springs being split and bulged and passing into corresponding recesses in the ends of the additional mouthbar I).

If desired, the mouth-bar b may be provided wit-h a pivot at the middle, as shown in Fig. 7, or it may be made of two sections, 1) b, united by a link, B, as shown in Fig. 8, said sections b b fitting into recesses a a in the inner side of the mouth-piece orcross-bar fastened to the end bars, B, said sections of the month-bar being united by a hinge, as shown at 0, Fig. 9.

Ordinarily the additional mouth-bar b is in the groove in the mouth-bar or cross-piece a, and the horse is guided or governed by means of the reins in the usual manner. When the horse becomes unmanageable or nnruly,the

straps B are pulled, whereby the additional mouth-bar b is pulled out of its groove in the mouthpiece or cross-bar a and can be forced against the ends of the mouth of the horse, thus permitting of controlling the animal. After the animal has been quieted, the bar I) can be pressed back into its recess in thebar a.

The bridle can be used for riding-harness,

or for a bridle to be used for driving from a vehicle.

Having thus described my invention. I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. In a bridle-bit, the combination, with a cross-bar having a groove or recess in its rear side, of an additional mouth-bar fitting in said bar, and being entirely removable from the abovementioned cross-bar, and of releasing devices for releasing the removable additional mouth-bar from the groove of the ordinary mouth-piece 01' the bit while the latter is in the horses mouth, substantially as shown and described. 

